Revell 1/200 Portuguese Frigate "D. Fernando II e Glória"

Will,

Thanks for the feedback on the kit quality.

John,

Thanks for the confirmation on the origins of the kit.  I thought this might be the case.

Cheers, Rick

Just to confirm, they are infact identical kits, excepting the decals and the plastic base's nameplate.

Incidently, it is a very nice kit. The only really very irritating error in my opinion is the inclusion of long guns for the spardeck intead of carronades. It's a dull job cutting about a number of these parts! Built out of the box the vessel is maybe over-gunned for a Portugese Frigate of that era anyway- a lot of her upper deck accomodation was divided up for carrying passengers.

Will

This has come up a couple of times here in the Forum - but only briefly.  I don't think I could find the earlier posts either, and I've never seen any of the three kits in question "in the flesh."  But I recall pretty firmly (beware:  whenever  I start using phrases like "I recall" or "I seem to remember,"  take them with a grain of salt) that both the Zvezda and Revell kits are in fact reissues of the old Occidental one.